When there is a little snow and a lot of cold, one surely "has got to
get out", so I did.  Prior to leaving home, the cleared feeding spot beside
my driveway attracted over 100 hungry birds.  The breakdown:  Cardinal (13),
Blue Jay (4), Eastern Towhee (2), BROWN THRASHER (1), Song Sparrow (2),
Red-bellied Woodpecker (1), Brown-headed Cowbird (6), White-throated Sparrow
(~40), House Sparrow (6), Red-winged Blackbird (the rest).
    This was the first 2007 showing of the Brown Thrasher, but I suspect the
usual pair has been around all winter - with this being the first day where
conditions were rough enough to force one to come for a hand out.
 
    Out looking - Kingston Landing - Horned Grebe (11), with seven of them
tightly clustered in a clump as if they were keeping one-another warm in the
midst of the chilly waters of the Choptank, and Common Merganser (6).
 
    North of Cordova on E. Blades Rd west of Cordova Rd - a little sheltered
field beside some woods was being used by 30 American Pipits.  Other
searching in the region turned up only a few scattered Horned Larks.
 
Les Roslund
Talbot County
Easton MD 21601
 

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